Necktie hanger



Nov. 18, 1952 o. HASTINGS NECKTIE HANGER Filed June 22, 1949 IN VEN TOR.,Dwzy Zfiasfz 95 Patented Nov. 18, 1952 UNITED NECKTIE HANGER DwightHastings, Marion, Iowa, assignor to Artcraft Products Company, Marion,Iowa, a copartnership Application June 22, 1949, Serial No. 100,653

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to garment hangers and has special reference to ahanger for the type of neckties commonly termed Fourfin-I-Iand.

One important object of the invention is to provide a novel type of sucha hanger so con structed and arranged that a series of neckties may besupported thereon without becon ing entangled with each other.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a novel form ofnecktie hanger having a novel tie supporting element movable between aposition in which individual ties may be removed without disturbing theremaining ties and a position in which the supported ties are heldagainst accidental disengagement.

A further important object of the invention is to provide an improvednecktie hanger having an attaching element for fixedly attaching thedevice to a closet door or other object and a second elementconstituting a tie carrier normally depending from the attaching elementand being so connected to the attaching element that the tie carrier maybe swung to a horizontal position for the positioning or detachment of aselected tie.

With the above and other objects in View, as will be presently apparent,the invention consists in general of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly claimed.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in theseveral views, and:

Figure l is a front elevation of this invention showing the tiesupporting element in dependent position,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the invention with the tie supportingelement shown in full lines in dependent position and partially shown bybroken lines in horizontal position,

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section on the line 33 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the end of the supporting element asformed for attachment to the element securing the device to a fixedobject.

In the embodiment of the invention as here shown, there is provided anattaching element It for securing the device to a fixed object such as acloset or like place in which the supported ties will be convenientlyaccessible. Also there is provided a tie supporting element II normallyperpendicularly dependent from the lower end zone of the element Ill.

The attaching element It has a fiat rectangular body I2 which mayterminate in an ornamental upper end I3. This body has a front surfaceIt and a rear surface I5 parallel thereto. The rear surface extendsfurther downwardly than the front surface so that the bottom end surfaceof this element is inclined downwardly from the front to the backsurface. About midway of this inclined bottom there opens a groove it ofsemicircular type and arcuate in cross-section and having an arcuateextent of slightly less than 270. The gap between the ends of thecylindrical surface of the groove I6 is less than the diameter of thegroove I6 on account of the surface extending three-quarters of acircle. The bottom of the element Ill between the front surface It andthe opening of the groove It forms an inclined plane IT. The surface I8between the opening of the grOOVe I6 and the rear surface I5 is convexlyarcuate between said groove and rear surface. Preferably a hole I9 isprovided in the upper part of the element It! for the reception of ascrew, or other securing means, for fastening the device to a door orwall the surface of which is indicated by the broken line D.

The member II has a front face 29 and a rear face 2| and is preferablyof the same thickness and Width as the element It! so that the rear andfront faces of both parts of the device lie in the same planes when thetie carrier is in its depending position. The front face 25! ispreferably ornamented in any desired manner, one type of suchornamentation being shown in Figure 1. Extending through the element Ii, from side edge to side edge thereof and projecting laterally fromeach side of the body, are dowel pins forming individual tie supports22. These downel pins are spaced longitudinally and are perpendicular tothe side edges. At its upper end the body 23 is provided with asegmental-cylindrical head 2e which is connected to the body 23 by aneck 25 having concave sides 26 extending from the surfaces 20 and 2| tothe head 24. This head 2 fits revolubly in the groove It, beinginsertable therein from one side edge of the member It. This head 24 hasa diameter very slightly less than the diameter of the groove 16 andconsequently cannot pass through the opening of the groove I6 but mustnecessarily be inserted laterally of the member III. The faces formed bythe curvature l8 and the rear curvature 25 are such as to allow theelement II to depend perpendicularly from the element It when the latteris mounted on a door or the like. The neck 25 is, at its junction withthe head 2 of the proper dimensions to allow the body 23 to swingthrough between perpendicular and horizontal positions. The head 24 hasa transverse slot or recess 21 centrally between its ends and a pin ornail 28 extends from the rear face of the element I into the slot 21,thereby preventing the head 24 from slipping free of the groove l6 bylongitudinal movement of the head in the direction of length of the headaxis. The pin or nail 2% has a double function since it not onlyprevents the head 24 from slipping laterally of the member Ill, but italso acts as a limiting stop by engagement of the planar surface of the.groove 2? when the member is swung outwardly as in the dotted lines inFigure 2. At the free extremity of the body 23 there is provided anundercut lifting lip 29 so positioned that the body 23 may be swungoutwardly from the door or the like to which the device is attached bythe insertion of one or more of the users fingers beneath this lip.

In using the device the attaching device H3 is attached to any suitablesupport in such manner that the element ll will depend perpendicularly,it being understood that the arcuate face i8 be adjacent the face towhich the device is secured, thus permitting the body 23 to swingoutwardly away from the supporting surface. Then, to apply ties thereto,this element H is swung outwardly to the horizontal position of Figure 2and the loop zone of ties T are hung individually on the members 22 withthe fold zones depending.

The loaded element I I is then lowered or allowed to drop whereupon theties assume the positions shown at T in which the tie parts other thanthe loop portions directly on members 22, all lie in rear of members 22and between these and the supporting surface, body 23 and such members22 thus preventing any outward swing of tie ends; in addition, each tieengages one or more of the ties below it and is engaged by one or moreof the ties above it so that the ties on each side of the body 23 arefrictionally engaged as a single mass through mutual contact whichprevents tie movements relative to each other and to their respectivetie supports 22, and cannot readily be removed individually from themembers '22. However, if the body 23 be swung to the horizontal positionthe ties will depend in spaced relation independently of each other andany tie may be removed without disturbing any other.

As indicated in Figure 3, the slot or recess 27 is of semi-cylindricalcontour on a cross-section of the head 2 with the bottom of the slotplanar, such slot bottom extending angular when the carrier II is in itsvertically depending position, the depth of the slot on a radius of thehead extending normal to the plane of the slot bottom preferably beingslightly greater than the length of such radius, the slot beingpractically in the rear portion of the head when the carrier is in suchposition. The pin 28 is inserted into the slot by being entered throughthe rear face of the attaching device after the head has been positionedin groove l6 by movement of the head endwise into the groove; the slotpermits swinging of the carrier within the groove and about the axis ofthe head with the swinging movement having a length limit such aswillpermit the carrier to swing from its vertically depending positionto horizontal position and with the thin neck zone moving arcuatelythrough the open side of the groove.

Hence, in this position of the carrier-the vertically dependingposition-the groove l6'is concealed (as is the slot 21) by the exposedface of the head which is arcuate in appearance; and

since the length of the head is equal to the width of the connectedelements, the facial appearance of the front exposed face of theassembly presents this connecting zone as simply an ornament zone; inaddition, since the head practically fits the groove, dust, etc., cannotenter the slot 2? while the carrier is in this position, so that freedomof hinging action will not be affected, especially as this ispractically the normal position of the carrier, it being moved from thatposition only occasionally and then temporarily-during the latter periodthe lower portion of slot 27 will be-exposed, but since the exposure isof short length, no damage will result.

As will be understood, the ties, when the carrier is in its verticallydepending position, will be in the mutually contacting position referredto above, the contact preventing movement of the ties relative to eachother and to their respective supports v22, this condition beingmaintained while the carrier is in such position. The advantage of theassembly in this respect flows from the fact that the ties areindividually positioned on their individual supports while the carrieris raised to its horizontal position, with the loop zone of the tiesimply resting on its individual support and with the fold zonesdepending downward and in spaced relation, a position in which the tiecan be freely adjusted on its support.

During lowering of the carrier from such position, the fold zones retaintheir depending positions with the two fold zones of a tie retainingtheir spacing, but the spacing between adjacent ties decreases as theangularity of the carrier changes during carrier lowering. Beforereaching the end of the lowering movement, this decrease in spacingbetween adjacent ties will bring adjacent ties into contact, but by thistime the free end of the carrier will be closely approaching its nadirposition, a position in which movement in a vertical direction haspractically ended; hence, when this contact begins, the remaining travelwould not materially affect the positioned tie if such movement tookplace, however, since the changein angularity is affecting all of thetie supports, it is apparent that when tie contact becomes manifest forone of the fold zones of a tie, the other fold zone is being similarlyaffected by the adjacent tie, so that no tie-drawing pressure is beingdeveloped.

Actually, no material pressure is being applied to the fold zones untilthe tie supports. have advanced to a position where the two fold zonesof a tie are being moved into contact with each other, a condition whichis reached when the carrier is practically in the nadir zone. Prior tothat time, while there may be contact between the fold zones of adjacentties, spacin remains between the fold zones of individual tiespermitting the contacting tie fold zone of adjacent ties to yield; whenthe latter spacing is also closed, the tie supports and the tie loopzones mounted thereon are. positioned outside of the depending foldzones, so that the remaining lowering travel simply moves the tiestoward the supporting surface on which the assembly is mounted, thusproducing the pressure on the ties. which presents the friction effect,and this without relative movement between ties or of a tie on itsindividual tie support, since the vertical movement within the nadirzone is so slight as to be practically negligible.

While there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment ofthe invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changesmay be made therein, such as will come within the scope of the inventionas claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. In a necktie hanger, an attaching device adapted to secure the hangerto a door or the like, said device having an inclined lower face and agroove extending from side to side of the hanger and opening throughsaid lower face, said groove being segmental-cylindrical in crosssection and having a cylindrical surface of substantially 270 wherebythe space between the ends of said surface at the inclined surface isless than the diameter of the cylindrical surface. a tie carrier ofelongated form provided with a tapered end forming a neck and carrying asegmental-cylindrical head of slightly less diameter than the diameterof the groove in the attaching device and a single means restrainingsaid head from movement laterally of the attaching device and alsorestraining the tie carrier from swinging beyond a desired limit.

2. In a necktie hanger, an attaching device adapted to secure the hangerto a door or the like, said device having an inclined lower face and agroove extending from side to side of the hanger and opening throughsaid lower face, said groove being segmental-cylindrical in crosssection and having a cylindrical surface of substantially 270 wherebythe space :between the ends of said surface at the inclined surface isless than the diameter of the cylindrical surface, a tie carrier ofelongated form provided with a tapered end forming a neck and carrying asegmentalcylindrical head of slightly less diameter than the diameter ofthe groove in the attaching device and a single means restraining saidhead from movement laterally of the attaching device and alsorestraining the tie carrier from swinging beyond a desired limit, saidmeans including a pin projecting from the rear of the attaching deviceinto the groove, said head having a transverse groove extending slightlymore than half way through the head and having a planar bottom, said pinextending into the groove in the head.

DWIGHT HASTINGS.

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